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MailChimp
Website
Tutorial
What is
MailChimp?
MailChimp
is an email
marketing
service
provider. It is
a web-based
application
that is used
to create,
send and
track email
newsletters.
MailChimp
lets you
create right
email for the
right people.
MailChimp is
best to use
because
it’s clean,
intuitive
interface and
powerful tools,
it is friendly
and nice to
work with.
Some of the
features of
MailChimp are
you can sell
your wares
and track
your revenues,
make the most
of your events,
create email
templates,
manage and
custom forums,
email delivery,
analytics,
mobile editor
and social
sharing.
Here are some
of the reasons
why an email
marketing
service like
MailChimp is
a better tool
for this kind
of task:
- Approved
bulk mailer
- Greater
deliverability
- Adherence to
privacy laws
- Professional
styling
- Compatibility
- Know if
people are
reading
your emails.
Let’s
get
started!
Locate your
favorite
browser.
Click icon
In address bar,
type: www.
mailchimp.com
Press Enter
Here’s the
home page of
MailChimp
For better
experience of
using the site,
let’s sign
up for an
account.
Click
Fill this out
for details
and click
Create
My Account
button.
Click
MailChimp
will send you
an email.
Kindly check
it to activate
your account.
Click Activate
Account
button.
Click
User will be
redirected to
this page:
Enter
characters
displayed.
Click
Confirm
Sign up.
Click
User is asked
to fill out
the form.
At the lower
portion of the
page is user
can upload
photo but you
can do this
later after
clicking Save
and Get
Started button.
Please be
noted that
the following
are required:
Company,
Website,
Address, City
And Zip Code.
Click
Here’s the
dashboard of
your account.
Campaigns
Campaigns
are emails
sent to
subscriber
in a list.
Lists
Lists are where
you store your
contacts or
so-called
subscribers.
Create one
master list
then use
segments
and groups to
email selected
people.
Start Building
Your Audience
Signup forms
let people
subscribe to
your list. When
you create a
list, MailChimp
will
automatically
build a
signup form
to customize
for your
website,
Facebook,
Ipad, etc.
Account
can be
modified.
Click
Let’s create
our first
Campaign.
Click
Click
In our example,
let’s create
plain-text
campaign.
Click
A test or
sample is
provided
since there
is no
lists of
subscribers
yet.
Click Send to
Yourself
button.
Click
Fill it out
for the
necessary
information.
Click Save
and Exit.
Click
Click
Your newly
created
campaign
is displayed.
Let’s now
Create List.
Click
Click
Fill out
the details.
Choose your
desired type of
notification
and click
Save button.
Check
Click
To add a
subscriber,
click Add icon.
Click
Complete the
details & click
Subscribe.
Click
Let’s now
send a
Campaign.
Click
Click
Click Next
Create your
content on
the left side.
Create
Content
Click Next
You all set to
send news-
letter in the list.
Click Send
button.
Click
Send
Click
Email has been
received. In
our example,
I sent it in my
other email
address.
Congratulations!
You’ve just
learned how
to use
MailChimp.
It will be
of great help
in sending
bulk emails
to your
organization
members
or your
other groups.